Dumplings can be eaten on both the winter and winter solstice.

Dumplings, also known as dumplings, the traditional Han Chinese noodle dish, which evolved from wontons, originated from the ancient Chinese horns, formerly known as "Jiao Er", has a history of more than 1,800 years, invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Nanyang, Eastern Han Dynasty, was initially used for medicinal purposes, and loved by the Chinese people, is a staple food and local snacks of the Chinese people of the northern China, and is also a food for the New Year's festival. It is a staple food and local snack of the folk, as well as a food for New Year's festivals.

There is a folk proverb that says, "If you are cold, eat dumplings to celebrate the New Year," and they are mostly boiled in water with a dough filling.

Eating dumplings in winter comes from the saying that "the time of the cross", winter is the intersection of the fall and winter seasons, so the dumplings can not be eaten at the time of the "cross" son, eating dumplings in winter can also improve their lives, and as the saying goes, it's not as good as the dumplings, winter solstice eating dumplings! The reason is because dumplings have the meaning of "eliminating cold", and there is a folk proverb that says, "If you don't have dumplings at the winter solstice, you'll freeze your ears off and no one will take care of you.

The winter solstice is the nineteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, the winter solstice is a seasonal season, which means that since then we have entered the winter season, the winter solstice means that life begins to be closed, and everything enters into the state of recuperation, collection, after the winter solstice, the climate is also dry and rainy from autumn to the rainy and chilly winter climate gradual change.

Before the winter solstice is usually not very cold, the real cold after the winter solstice, the winter solstice marks the upcoming entry into the cold season, the folk began to "count nine" to calculate the cold days.

Origin of Dumplings:

Dumplings evolved from wontons, and during its long development, it was known by a variety of names, such as Jungwan, Bianshi, Dumpling Bait, and Powder Horn, etc. In the Three Kingdoms period, it was known as "Lunar Hundun", and during the North and South Dynasties, it was known as "Hundun", and during the South and North Dynasties, it was known as "Hundun", and during the North and South Dynasties, it was known as "Hundun". "Hundun", the Tang Dynasty called dumplings "crescent-shaped hundun", the Song Dynasty is known as the corner.

Yuan Dynasty, the generation called "flat food", the Qing Dynasty is called "dumplings", dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, for the Eastern Han people in Dengzhou, Henan Province, Zhang Zhongjing first, dumplings are medicinal at that time, Zhang Zhongjing with the skin wrapped in a number of cold herbs used to cure (mutton, pepper, etc.), avoiding the cold, to avoid the cold, to avoid the cold. , pepper, etc.) to avoid frostbite on the patient's ears.

Dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, for the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing first, dumplings more than cold water and flour for the agent, the flour and water and together, kneaded into a large coarse dough, covered with life-saving dry wet gauze or towel, placed (molasses) for about one hour, knife cut or hand-picked into a number of small dough, successively kneaded into the diameter of about 3 centimeters of a round strip, knife cut or hand-picked into a small noodle dosage.

They can be rolled out with a small rolling pin into a thin dumpling skin with a slightly thicker center and a thinner perimeter, wrapped around the filling, and pinched into a crescent shape or an angular shape. Boil cold water, wrap the dumplings, then place them in a pot and run a slotted spoon or a ladle along the edge of the pot in a counterclockwise or clockwise arc to keep the dumplings from sticking together, and cook them until the dumplings float to the top of the water.

Dumpling skins can also be made of hot noodles, crispy noodles, or rice flour, and the fillings can be meat, vegetarian, sweet, or salty, and the maturing methods can be steaming, boiling, pan-frying, or deep-frying, etc. Meat fillings include sanshin (three kinds of fresh meat), shrimp, crab roe, sea cucumber, fish, chicken, pork, beef, and mutton, etc., and the vegetarian fillings can be divided into assorted vegetarians and common vegetarians, and so on.

Dumplings are characterized by thin skin and tender filling, delicious flavor, unique shape, never get tired of eating, dumplings are made of a full range of nutrients in raw materials, steaming method to ensure that less nutrient loss, and in line with the connotations of the Chinese dietary culture of color and flavor, dumplings are a long-established folk food, by the people of the people's popularity.

There is a popular saying that "dumplings are delicious," and during the Chinese New Year festivities, dumplings become an indispensable delicacy of the season.